Irish War Cry, 10th in the Kentucky Derby drew post 7 and was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the 149th Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Irish War Cry, who won the Grade 2 Wood Memorial before the Kentucky Derby, inherited the favorite’s role when Classic Empire was withdrawn from the race Wednesday morning due to an abscess on his right front foot. Epicharis, the Japanese-bred horse drew post 11 and was made the 4-1 second choice. It was announced on Wednesday that Bobby Flay has purchased a quarter interest in J Boys Echo. Flay bought into Creator last year a few days before that horse won the Belmont Stakes. The Belmont goes as race 11 on a 13-race card that begins at 11:35 a.m.
1 Twisted Tom Javier Castellano 20-1 2 Tapwrit Jose Ortiz 6-1 3 Gormley Victor Espinoza 8-1 4 J Boys Echo Robby Albarado 15-1 5 Hollywood Handsome Florent Geroux 30-1 6 Lookin At Lee Irad Ortiz Jr. 5-1 7 Irish War Cry Rajiv Maragh 7-2 8 Senior Investment Channing Hill 12-1 9 Meantime Mike Smith 15-1 10 Multiplier Joel Rosario 15-1 11 Epicharis Christophe Lemaire 4-1 12 Patch John Velazquez 12-1
Starting his career in February of 2017, Meantime entered the Belmont Stakes trail late. Finishing in the money in his first 3 starts, the colt showed promise stretching out over a mile and one eighths. Meantime looked to the G3 Peter Pan as a step up and towards the Belmont Stakes. Talking an early start in the race over a sloppy track, Meantime lead the field into the final turn but could not hold onto the lead and fell into second place.
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